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Painting was a most challenging field for me. Because never attempt to do a vehicle paint job earlier other than painting walls in the house . But I have watched (not seen) many times how a painter working from applying filler to last coat. There is a neighbor who do paint jobs and that was a big strength for me as it is possible to clarify somethings from him. So finally decided to learn the art of painting by Moggie. Gathered the basic knowledge from reading some articles and found following video very informative. Also these two technical books. How To Paint A Car At Home In 4 Easy Steps (video)  Causeway Automotive Paints (pdf) Debeer Paints (pdf) Next challenge was a paint gun and a air compressor. Bought a F75 paint spray gun and some flexible hose after expending around Rs 2500. But a air compressor is bit expensive. So again started to find alternatives. Firstly bough a 'paint zoom paint sprayer'. Though it could use with my spray gun with modified hose, the air pressure was not enough to spray well. So found an old deep freezer compressor and a empty AC gas tank. Used them with a foot air pump pressure gauge and some clips to make my air compressor. What could not find was a safety pressure release valve. So had to keep eye on the gauge frequently. When I get familiar with spray gun, watching pressure gauge was not essential as it can feel pressure via spray flame. Tried to remove existing paint in most body panels as the first job. Because the floorboard was completely new it made my task easy.

3Km a day mean 1.5Km one way. I would rather walk the 1.5Km and have a fixed deposit from 3.5Mn odd cash saving and hire a vehicle from interest when you go on long journeys. Huge cash saving

For all the trouble and expenses, I'm thinking one would have been better off importing through the agent with warrenty

Open the bonnet and look for the ABS module/pump. Cars with ABS should have an ABS module. The best way to do this is to first locate your brake oil reservoir. There should be two or three hard lines connected to the master pump (that's the metal unit underneath the brake oil reservoir). Trace those brake lines and if they are routed under the car, then your car doesn't have ABS. If they end up in a box-like unit with a lot of brake lines connected to it (this is your ABS module), then your car has ABS. The ABS module should look like this: Did you see this in the fuse box? If yes, it's normal for to find provisions for optional components such as ABS, Fog lamps and even airbags because manufacturers typically use the same parts for the whole series and install the optional components based on the individual car.

passo please !

This is definitely pro level DIY my friend, hats off to you for the homemade air compressor. I've used the same setup for a vacuum pump. Can't wait to see the end result. Good luck with the paintwork. ?

I understand this is for luxury tax...but won't be too surprising if this starts creeping back in to normal import taxes as well.

If they go with what the agent tells them on the CIF value..then they will have to bring in the depreciation table again.....so we took a huge complicated loop back to where we were

Only luxury tax, import duty based on CC will remain Do not expect vehicle prices to come down

My Viva Elite manual did not have ABS or Airbags. As far as I know only the premiums come with ABS and Airbags. If you really want to test I guess a simple way is to hard brake on a empty slippery road and notice that the tires keep skidding without any pulse. Please don't take risk and crash in to anything trying this test on a narrow road where there is traffic or any other obstacle.

Daily mileage is 3km ? Like three kilo meters ? Why even bother buying a car ? Makes no economic sense what so every.

Hi tiv.Yes,I am not doing any work on my own as I have given the vehicle to a professional audio installer.However,he is not sure which cable is for what so he requested that I get a wiring diagram for him.

not correct The Vitara costs like 19000 to 24000 gbp brand new, and a reasonable used one near 15000 gbp so how come cif is below 3.5? It’s nowhere near, if you are plainly quoting that document well I understand If so why aren’t there any Vitaras in the 5 mil range in the market? even the early 6.1 6.2 figures were due to the low gbp rate few months ago, now a new one will touch 6.4 6.5 once implemented they will catch these or bring really bad cars to match the cif value